Improvement in ice-shaving apparatus



W. C. SALMON.

iCE-SHAVING APPARATUS.

No.179,ZZ4. Patented June 27,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Qrrrc WILLIAM G. SALMON, OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO LANGFITT & HUSELTON, OF ALLEGHENY, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN lCE-SHAVING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.179,22 1, dated June 27, 1876; application filed February 29, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. SALMON, of Steubenville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ice Box and Outter and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction and arrangement of combined ice-boxes and ice-cutters, whereby the ice contained in the box is more perfectly protected from the action of the atmosphere, and when desircd'for use can be cut or shaved into fine particles suitable for immediate use.

To enable others skilled in the art with which my invention is most nearly connected to make and use it, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement in ice box and cutter combined. Fig. 2 is a transverse and vertical section of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the ice-box. The ends are represented by B, side by walls 0, and lid by D, all of which are hollow, as indicated at e, which hollow spaces 6 act as a non-conductor of heat.

The spaces 0 may be filled, if desirable, with a non-conducting material, such as powdered charcoal, or other suitable non-conducting matter.

The lid D is hinged to the body A, as indicated at f, and is furnished with clasp g for holding the lid down on the body. The ends B of the body A are furnished with feet h, which may be secured to a suitable base, or to a counter-table, or other suitable support. To the under side of the body is secured a conductor, 1', for receiving and conducting the fine particles of ice into the deliveringmouth j, which is provided with a pivoted valve, is, so constructed that it will perfectly close and seal the mouth j, so that no air will be admitted when the valve is turned over the mouth. The cylinder Z is provided with a series of cutters, m, which are arranged at a suitable angle for acting efliciently upon the ice placed in the box A. The axis of the cylinder Z has its bearings in the ends B of the box A. On one end of the axis of the cylinder 1 is secured a suitable crank, n, for rotating the cylinder.

The cutters m may be detachable, if desired, and be made adjustable if it is deemed best.

The ice-box A, and its lid D, may be constructed of Wood, but preference is given to cast-metal suitably coated with a material which will not oxidize by contact with moisture or water. The conductor'i may be constructed of sheet-tin.

The cylinder 1 should be constructed of metal, and made hollow to avoid weight and cost of material. The cutters m should be constructed of thin narrow strips of steel. The interior of the box A is provided with a press-board, 0, which is held down 011 the ice through the medium of a spiral spring, 19, and is used for holding the ice down and against the upper side of the cylinder l, so that the cutterm can act efficiently on the ice in the operation of cutting it.

The 0 eration of m im rovement is as t follows: The ice is placed in the box A with press-board 0 resting on the ice. The lid D is then closed down and secured.

When the operator desires fine-cut ice he opens the valve 70, placing the vessel which is to receive the fine-cut ice directly under the delivering-mouth j; he then rotates the cylinder l by means of the crank until he has secured the desired quantity of fine-cut ice; he then closes the valve is to exclude the air from the ice in the box A.

The degree of fineness of the cut ice will depend on the number and bite of the cutters m upon the .ice resting on the cylinder 1.

The advantage of my improvement consists in saving ice, and in enabling the user to furnish a cold drink with economy of labor and time.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim as of my invention isl. The spring 19 and press-board 0, in combin ation with the cover D and rotary c utter l, board 0,the spout or conductori, provided with substantially as described. a valve, 70, and the rotary cutter l, substan- 2. As a new article of manufacture, the comtially as described.

bined ice-box and ice-cutter, herein described, WM. 0. SALMON.

consisting of the box A, having hollow Walls Witnesses:

B O, the hollow cover D, provided 'With the JAMES J. JOHNSTON,

spring 19, to which is attached the presser- A. H. JOHNSTON. 

